I am the king of the dead

Chapter 661 "On the Self-cultivation of Powerful Officials"

Zhu Qiyu didn't like the sour literati in particular. As he said, he would rather offer incense to Tiegong Temple than give Fang Xiaoru any forgiveness.

Yu Qian and Zhu Qiyu discussed the role of the theory of public morality in shaping the emperor's sense of responsibility, and gained a lot.

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "Yu Shaobao, my view was first emptied by Wang Fu, and I realized a little bit."

In addition to discussing the shaping of the sense of responsibility of the king by the theory of public morality, Zhu Qiyu still has some doubts. It is necessary for Yu Qian, who has worked hard for the Ming Dynasty, to refer to his insights in detail.

"I don't know if Yu Shaobao knew about the military pay of the grassland tribes?" Zhu Qiyu asked a question first.

Yu Qian, who is the Minister of the Ministry of War, naturally understood. He thought for a while and said: "Taking Wala as an example, the Wala people only pay the soldiers of the cowardly Xue army, and the rest of the sergeants have no military salary."

"Even the Keshe army was stolen from the Tartars by the Oirats."

This is consistent with what Zhu Qiyu knew.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Then what supported these Oirats to fight with the army? What is their reward?"

So, the chief of the grassland tribe in the broad sense, and the Wala Dashi in the narrow sense, also first himself, what is the price?
These Oirats, Tatars, Jurchens, and Turks who did not belong to the Qixue Army undoubtedly had certain combat effectiveness.

These people fought with the chiefs howling in all directions, with their heads pinned to their waistbands, and these slave chiefs of the grassland tribes didn't seem to need to pay any price for it.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and said very solemnly: "These subordinates who are not directly guarded by the army, what they ask for in return are only the safety of their homeland and the right to plunder the enemy."

"The Oirats' army is very powerful. They are almost invincible on the grasslands, but their morale fluctuates greatly. These sergeants, they have no honor or shame."

"In other words, they are not united enough."

"A drop of water will never dry up until it is put into the sea. A person can be most powerful only when he integrates himself with the collective!"

"So the way the Oirats fight is more of fighting on their own."

"In the battle, you can fight if you can fight, and flee if you can't fight. This is the reason why you have to retreat first under the repeated sieges in the battle of the Vala capital."

"As a monarch, it is an obligation to pay the soldiers and soldiers, and it is only in exchange for the sergeants, at least the right of the Beijing camp to defend Ming Dynasty."

Yu Qian carefully sorted out the logic, and then suddenly realized that what His Majesty said is still the responsibility of the king.

The first responsibility of the king is to ensure the continuation of the country, which is the meaning of the king's existence.

A king without a son will not be supported, because under the monarchy, without a son, the continuation of the country cannot be guaranteed.

Based on the first responsibility, the first obligation was extended: to pay military salaries to Daming's army.

At least the military pay of the Beijing camp must be paid, firstly to ensure the loyalty of the army to the emperor, and secondly to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

Yu Qian said very seriously: "Your Majesty's words are deafening. What is public morality? Benefiting the group is the public, and unity is beneficial to the group. Therefore, unity is one of the public virtues."

"That's why the Qi Xue army is extremely powerful, but the Oala people are like a mess of loose sand."

"In fact, when I communicated with Hu Shangshu and the Roman envoy Nicolaus, I also had the same idea."

"The Sabines lived and worked in peace and contentment on the Palatine Mountains, but their women were robbed by the Romans. The Romans and the Sabines fought for hundreds of years."

"Until now, at Roman weddings, the wife still stands on the husband's left side, so that the husband can free his right arm to hold the sword to fight off the angry relatives of the bride's family who oppose the marriage."

Yu Qian never told lies. He said that His Majesty is wise because he really thinks that His Majesty is wise. He said that His Majesty's words were deafening, which solved his long-standing doubts.

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "When it comes to Roman marriage customs, I think of it, Oala, Tatar, Qiang, Uighur, Turkic, and Jurchen all seem to have similar customs such as running, wrestling, fighting with sticks, throwing spears, etc. Collective activities such as bow drawing, and Roman cities have Colosseums, and their collective activities are like combat."

"This kind of daily life and exercise can be regarded as the training of the army, so that they are fully prepared for the war and can quickly enter the war."

"Some slave chieftains, such as Yexian and Tuotuobuhua, do not pay any expenses for training their own troops, and accordingly they do not need to obtain any loyalty."

"The only thing these armies ask in return is the chance to plunder while they fight."

"However, after the founding of the Kang Kingdom, Kang people are the largest group, and all the Kang people are the people of Yexian, and because of the power of the Ottoman Kingdom, the Kang Kingdom, and the Timur Kingdom, the whole body is mobilized. , unable to loot around.”

"He can no longer train the army at no cost, command the army at no cost. When he needs to pay the army salary, he has to rely on Wang Fu. Therefore, he has gradually lost the loyalty of the army."

"Including the Qixue army stolen by Oala from Tartar."

The Qixue army was the guard of Banzhi, the guard of the Borzhijin family, but the control was stolen by the Wala people.

And Yexian himself is not even a Khan.

Yu Qian was sitting upright, and he echoed: "That's right, I remember that I was so angry that I wanted to conquer Buzain of the Timur Kingdom in the south, but failed for various reasons."

Zhu Qiyu slapped the table and said: "Not only that, but with the escalation of the war, it is difficult for individuals to afford armaments anymore."

"Before the Southern Song Dynasty, Liangjiazi could afford armor, bows and arrows, bow strings and other armament consumption. When facing the king's call, he could fight at any time, just like the Long March athletes in the Tang Dynasty."

"However, with the large-scale application of firearms, once the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold."

It takes a tanner three years of hard work for a general to fire a cannon before it can be supplied.

But in a large-scale war, the gunpowder used is calculated in millions of catties.

This kind of cost is no longer affordable by a good family, but needs to be borne by a large collective, and this collective is the country.

The professional army under the recruitment system appeared, just like the Beijing camp of Emperor Yongle, which was a typical professional army. Its number was different from the 200 million troops of the Ming Dynasty. Reduce military spending.

After clarifying this idea, Zhu Qiyu suddenly discovered that the emperor of Ming Dynasty had to pay the capital camp expenses and military equipment expenses, which was one of the emperor's obligations to enjoy the emperor's rights.

However, since the death of Emperor Yongle, the activities of going south to the west have been greatly reduced, and the internal funds cannot make ends meet. The expenditure of the Beijing camp has become a matter of disputes between the national funds and internal funds, and the relaxation of armaments is also expected.

Yu Qian said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qiyu said while pacing: "As long as there is wealth, there will be injustice. In the face of wealth, merchants are forced to pursue profits. They are greedy and ambitious."

"And the poor began to enjoy leisure and work less, and they were greedy for pleasure, because the value of the labor of the poor was stripped, and they were dissatisfied but had nothing to do."

"There is no need to worry about this in Oara, because their people only have funds and a little liquid capital in their hands, and they have almost nothing, so they don't have to worry about the deprivation of labor value. Therefore, during the silver coin war, the Tatar slave chiefs, Only then will they unscrupulously exchange cattle and sheep for silver coins."

"With the increase of wealth comes justice."

Yu Qian didn't say much, he thought of the Honorary Army formed by His Majesty when Yu Qian returned to the capital from Kyushu outside the mountains.

At that time, the courtiers made a lot of noise and asked the disciples of Xun Qi to enter the lecture hall, even Yu Qian couldn't stop it. If His Majesty hadn't found the strange way of fighting the Xun army, the establishment of the lecture hall would have been impossible. It is where the children of Junxun are gilded.

However, the appearance of the Xun Army led to the formal establishment of the martial arts hall, and the generals and commanders of the emperor's disciples spread all over the Beijing camp.

Eight proposals and eight proposals are to maintain the right and powerful, and they have existed in all dynasties and dynasties.

The judiciary is not fair, but relatively fair.

The birth of justice is to safeguard the interests of powerful and powerful people who occupy the position of distribution.

Judiciary, born of injustice, how can there be a grand duke?

At least this is the case in Daming.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "That's why the Jinyiwei appeared. It is only natural that the Jinyiwei appeared as a very special jurisprudence."

"It only belongs to the emperor himself. It is the institution for the emperor to exercise judicial power. It is conducive to the exercise of judicial power and makes the judiciary a little fairer."

"However, it is clear that Ye Xian is completely incapable of exercising judicial power. Because of the fact that Kang has many ethnic groups, judicial power is almost monopolized by the Advisory Council. This is Wang Fu's power in itself."

In addition to paying military expenses, there is another expense that the king must pay, that is, judicial expenses.

Otherwise, the emperor would have no choice but to let the powerful and wealthy businessmen poach the corners of Ming Dynasty, helpless.

Jiajing made a lot of money, Longqing opened the sea, and Wanli was bad, all of which illustrate this point.

Without the means of restricting the powerful and powerful, the rich and the wealthy, they will only fall into infinite passivity.

Yu Qian pinched his brows, it's strange that such a thoughtful Majesty can catch fish.

Da Ming's fish is not a fish in water, the bigger Da Ming's fish is, the smarter it is. Facing such a clear-minded majesty, it must be a 12-percent response.

Xing'an was trembling at the side, could he hear this too? !
This is completely the realistic version of "How Powerful Ministers Usher Over the Artifact" and "On Powerful Ministers' Self-cultivation".

He Xing'an just wants to be a servant who serves His Majesty.

Zhu Qiyu said conclusively: "The reason why he lost his power first is because he wanted to change from a big stone to a khan, and even to become an emperor. There is no doubt that in this turning process, he failed and lost. It's a mess."

Yu Qian's scalp tingled for a while, Xing'an couldn't take such words, so if he called him, would Yu Qian be able to take it?

Who can you look up to?
When it comes to ministers of power, in the current Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian is the number one candidate for ministers of power!

Yu Qian wanted to speak but could only say with emotion: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qiyu pondered the logic, and found that Zhu Di might have discovered this a long time ago, that's why he made his internal money so rich. After all, he has been fighting outside all year round, so he must do his best to maintain the stability of his throne.

He can at least be sure that his thinking is correct. In order to fulfill his obligations, the king must ensure that he has strong liquidity in his hands so that he will not be constrained everywhere.

This can also be regarded as the combined application and practice of King Xiang's theory of benefit and public morality.

Yu Qian actually wanted to say that Wang Fu's success was closely related to Ye Xian's becoming more and more stupid, but after thinking about it, he still kept silent. It was inappropriate for him to say this, and the content of His Majesty's discussion had nothing to do with Ye Xian's personal behavior .

His Majesty is discussing the bad influence caused by Waranu Chief’s non-payment of army training expenses, armament expenses, and military payouts, and then determines the two obligations of a monarch: to pay military expenses and to pay judicial expenses.

These two expenses are extremely expensive, so internal funds must be used to make money in a reasonable way.

"Your Majesty, the arrangement for this afternoon is fishing. Do you still want to go?" Xing'an still remembered that when he came to Xuzhou last time, he had to train a few palace people to dive and hang fish for His Majesty's hook.

After all, if you can't catch courtiers all day long, you can't catch fish.

"Yu Shaobao, let's go together." Zhu Qiyu is very interested in fishing, whether it's in court or in physics, he is too busy on weekdays.

As an emperor, especially the Ming emperor, how could he not have some hobbies of his own?

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "See if Si Niang is up? Ask her to go with her, and she will be sleepy all day long, stealing half a day's leisure."

"Finally free, let's take a good rest."

Zhu Qiyu didn't have any paperwork, and neither did Yu Qian. It was really a stolen free time.

At the foot of Yunlong Mountain in Xuzhou Palace, there is a still water pool with Peony Pavilion by the side of the pool, which is considered a place for boating and entertainment in the palace, but because the emperor of Ming Dynasty dissolves in water, Zhu Qiyu can only fish in the Peony Pavilion instead of boating on the lake.

Ran Siniang came a little later, moved the couch, moved it to the side of her husband, leaned against Zhu Qiyu's arms, flinched, looked around, she was not as fascinated by the rushing woman by the Daming Lake Fell asleep.

Zhu Qiyu also specially asked someone to bring an oiled paper umbrella for sunshade, which blocked the scorching sun that was already getting a little hot.

Empress Dowager Sun made a special trip to see her, and she didn't stay for too long, just to show her friendship and maintain her superficial decency.

It's just that Empress Dowager Sun looked at Ran Siniang who was lazily leaning in Zhu Qiyu's arms, her expression was not very good, but she left without opening her mouth.

The Empress Dowager Sun walked a little further, and said with a sigh: "Kang Dadang, this courtier has always been critical of the emperor. There are still foreign ministers in the Peony Pavilion, and the appearance of a little girl like Ran Gui is nestled in the emperor's arms. What system?"

"Empress Wu doesn't care, it's Empress Wu who has a dull temperament, this Empress Wang is the lord of the Six Palaces, so don't care about her!"

Kang Dadang was the eunuch of the Compassionate Ning Palace and a native of Xing'an. He smiled and explained the existence of the United Front in the Lower Tai'an Palace, and that Ran Siniang's pestering was nothing but Queen Wang's task.

"Oh, so that's the case. I think Yu Shaobao is not a talkative person, and the Ai family can't control it, so let them go." The Queen Mother Sun didn't get too entangled, and she couldn't control it anymore.

Did the Empress Dowager Sun ever think about taking action on the road to the south, avenging the whole family of Uncle Huichang's mansion, and avenging her own son?

After all, the emperor was not as safe as he was in the capital on the southern tour.

After killing the emperor, King Xiang ascended the throne, everything seems to be in order.

No one knows if Empress Dowager Sun thought about it, but Empress Dowager Sun didn't do it.

This is reasonable.

This emperor likes fishing too much, who knows if this is bait?

Besides, as long as the emperor still holds the Jiwangfu family and the grandchildren of the Empress Dowager Sun are in the hands of the emperor, the Empress Dowager Sun can only be wary.

"Where has Ru'er gone?" Queen Mother Sun asked Eunuch Kang beside her.

Eunuch Kang bowed his head and said: "The Queen Mother, His Royal Highness Ji Wang has arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, and His Highness Chong Wang went to the river embankment of Kaifeng Mansion to check on the dredging of the Yellow River, and even built the embankment for a long time by himself."

"His Royal Highness King Chong and King Ji have some ideas on the dredging of the Yellow River, and they have already been presented to His Majesty."

Especially Zhu Jianshen, as the king of Ji, was actually a prince of affairs, so the Queen Mother Sun dared not do anything.

The reason why a conspiracy is a conspiracy is that it cannot see the light.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the back of Empress Dowager Sun leaving with disappointment in his eyes. In this cold spring weather, by the Jingshuitan Lake, Zhu Qiyu even moved to the lake when Empress Sun was Empress Dowager.

What a great opportunity!

Why did Queen Mother Sun refuse to give it a try?

Zhu Qiyu pinched the memoirs of King Chong and King Ji in his sleeves, and their views were surprisingly consistent: Hetao must be treated first in order to control the Yellow River.

Otherwise, no matter what the downstream does, it will be half the effort, or even useless.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woo woo, woo woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)